This text is directed to courses at both the upper-division undergraduate and masters levels in the legal environment of business, government and business, and business and society.Authors of textbooks in these areas often rely on a single discipline (for example, law, economics, or management) as the foundation for their efforts. In this text we take an interdisciplinary approach, using elements of law, political economy, international business, ethics, social responsibility, and management. This large task necessarily requires certain trade-offs, but we hope the product will more accurately capture the fullness of the business environment. 

Our primary goal is to produce an interesting, provocative reading experience. Naturally, accuracy and reasonablecomprehensiveness cannot be sacrificed. Our feeling, however, is that a law text can be both intellectually and emotionally engaging without sacrificing substantive ends. To meet our objective we have presented the bulk of the book in the form of contemporary legal and ethical conflicts emerging from today’s news. We have provided scholarly results, surveys, polls, data, anecdotes, and other specific details that lend credibility, immediacy, and interest to the reading experience.

本文是针对高等教育本科和硕士水平的课程，在法律环境的商业，政府和商业，以及商业和社会。作者在这些领域的教科书往往依赖于一个单一的学科（例如，法律，经济学，或管理）作为他们努力的基础。在本文中，我们采用跨学科的方法，运用法律、政治经济学、国际商业、伦理、社会责任和管理学等要素。这项庞大的任务必然需要一定的权衡，但我们希望产品能够更准确地捕捉到商业环境的完整性。

我们的主要目标是创造一个有趣的，刺激性的阅读体验。当然，不能牺牲准确性和合理性的全面性。然而，我们的感觉是，法律文本可以在不牺牲实质性目的的前提下，在智力和情感上都能发挥作用。为了达到我们的目标，我们以当代法律和伦理冲突的形式呈现了这本书的大部分内容。我们提供了学术研究结果、调查、民意调查、数据、轶事和其他具体细节，这些细节可以提高阅读体验的可信度、即时性和趣味性。